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Problem 1: The orbital period of Mars is 1.881 yrs. When Mars is ...

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<strong>Problem</strong> 2: <strong>The</strong> <strong>orbital</strong> <strong>period</strong> <strong>of</strong> Venus <strong>is</strong> 0.6152 <strong>yrs</strong>. <strong>When</strong> Venus <strong>is</strong> between<br />

the Earth and Sun (at inferior conjunction) radar signals are launched from the<br />

Earth and the reflected signal arrives after 276.2s. Calculate the length <strong>of</strong> the<br />

Astronomical Unit in metres.

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